Postage on the LADY'S BOOK only Two cents each number, if it is paid for three numbers in advance. GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK! THE PIONEER MAGAZINE. NEW VOL., XLVI. LITERARY AND PICTORIAL. THE BOOK OF THE NATION AND ARTS UNION OF AMERICA !! Immense increase of reading matter without reducing the number of full page Steel engravings. It is useless for the publisher of GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK to make any great parade of what he intends to do. The work has been before the public for twenty-three years, and it is a well-known fact that the latter numbers of a year are always superior to the commencing ones, as he improves with the expense which each month brings him, seizing every new feature of the day and imparting it to his subscribers through the successive numbers of the book. Nothing but real worth in a publication could be the cause of so prolonged an existence, especially in the literary world, where everything is so evanescent. Hundreds of magazines have been started, and, after a short life, have departed-while the "Lady's Book" alone stands triumphant, a proud monument reared by the Ladies of America as a testimony of their own worth. Many persons, who seek no further than our title, presume that the "Lady's Book" is intended merely for the amusement of a class, and that it does not enter into the discussion of those more important questions connected with the realities and the duties of life which every well-informed woman, mother and daughter, should be acquainted with. But such is not the fact. It is now, as it has ever been, our constant care to combine, in the pages of the "Lady's Book," whatever is useful, whatever is elevating, whatever is pure, dignified, and virtuous in sentiment, with whatever may afford rational and innocent amusement. The expense of one number of the "Lady's Book," including steel engravings and literary matter, paid for, not taken from English magazines, far exceeds that of any other magazine published in this country. We make no exception, and are willing to have the fact tested. GOBEY'S SPLENDID ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Remember that Godey gives more than four times as many Steel Engravings monthly as any other Magazine. It is the fashion with many magazines to announce in their advertisements, "Splendid Engravings, Fashion Plates," &c. What is the disappointment of the duped subscriber when he receives the numbers of a magazine thus advertised, to find all his splendid engravings dwindled down to paltry wood-cuts-as contemptible in design as in execution! The publisher of the "Lady's Book" performs all he promises, and, as some of our exchanges are kind enough to say, "more than he promises." Each number of the "Lady's Book" contains at least THREE ENGRAVINGS FROM STEEL PLATES, ENGRAVED BY THE BEST ARTISTS, either in LINE, STIPPLE, or MEZZOTINT, and sometimes Four. GODEY'S RELIABLE FASHION PLATES are published monthly, and are considered the only really valuable fashion plates that are published. They have been the standard for over twenty-two years. In addition to the above, every month selections from the following are given, with simple directions that all may understand:— Undoubted Receipts, Model Cottages, Model Cottage Furniture, Patterns for Window TERMS CASH IN ADVANCE, POSTAGE PAID. One copy one year, $3. Two copies one year, $5. Five copies one year, $10, and an extra copy to the person sending the club. 66 66 2 copies 66 20, Additions of one or more to clubs are received at club prices. REGISTER your letters, and, when remitting, get your postmaster to write on the letter "Registered." The money will then come safely. Remember, we have no traveling agents now, and all money must be sent direct to the publisher. A Specimen or Specimens will be sent to any Postmaster making the request. We can always supply back numbers for the year, as the work is stereotyped. Address, L. A. GODEY, No. 113 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. |